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On Wednesday March 4th, Scott Walker will speak at Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce's Business Day - the annual meeting of Wisconsin's most powerful corporate lobbyist group and its sponsored politicians.
If you believe that our government should represent the people, not corporate campaign funders, join us at NOON WEDNESDAY to protest Walker and WMC.
Invite your friends and allies and spread the word!
Click here for the Facebook event page.
A coalition led by union workers will march to the Wisconsin Capitol to join the AFL-CIO rally this Saturday. Join us for a march that will feed into the rally!
There will be a rally to protest the introduction of Right to Work legislation Tuesday, February 24 and Wednesday February 25 at 12:00 p.m. at the state Capitol.
WHAT: Rally to Oppose Right to Work
WHEN: 12:00 p.m. Tuesday February 24 and 12:00 p.m. Wednesday February 25
WHERE: State Street Side of the Capitol
The Senate Committee on Labor and Government Reform will be holding a hearing Tuesday, February 24. Please join us at 9:00 a.m. to testify in opposition of Right to Work.
Transportation from Milwaukee:
Over 400 UW classified workers do not make the Madison living wage and over 900 make under $15 an hour. The typical Wisconsin state employee has taken a 22% wage cut in the past six years. Graduate student workers have seen a take-home pay decrease of 15.2% since 2002.
An embarrassingly high number of campus employees don't make a living wage!
The University has money for building expansions, more deans, new facilities, but not workers? It's time to invest in the workers of this campus.
On November 5th, one year before Election Day 2014, stand together to shine a light on the big corporate special interests at the root of our state's problems.
A group of concerned folks from around the state is planning on meeting up at the Capitol on Thursday to protest the latest round of attacks on women's rights by the state legislature. This event follows the Wave's own action at noon to expose the WMC budget.
More info on this action below, as well as on facebook.
Join us on the Capitol steps for some good old fashioned street theater to expose how the 2013-15 WMC budget is destroying our state's economy and impoverishing Wisconsin students, workers, and families.
As you know. the voucher "compromise" is headed for the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee (JFC) on Tuesday, June 4. In the meantime we hear that the highly-paid lobbyists from the for-profit school industry are busy at the Capitol today making the deal even worse for public schools. They are pressuring GOP legislators to remove the enrollment limits and up income eligibility from yesterday's deal.
RSVP and spread the word on Facebook
Gar Alperovitz, political economist, historian, and author of the new book What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution will give two free public talks in Madison highlighting how, in an age of political deadlock and economic decay, hope can be found in the growing movement across the country to build a new and more egalitarian economy based in cooperation and community. Dr.
Spread the word on facebook here!
On Wednesday, February 13th, Governor Walker is having his annual "performance review" in front of his real bosses. No, not the people of Wisconsin. The corporate lobby group Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Who buys elections? Who bribes politicians? Who writes the anti-worker and anti-environment laws? First and foremost, the answer is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its state affiliate, the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC).
Join Dennis Kucinich, the fighting progressive from Ohio, former mayor of Cleveland, seven term congressman, and twice presidential candidate. as he joins us in launching a national campaign to "Shut the Chamber!"
Join a peaceful, legal protest to demand the state legislature and governor not throw away Wisconsin's local control and environmental protections for out-of-state mining companies. Noon rally at the State Capitol, State Street Steps, followed by a march. The demands of the protest are:
-Respect Treaty Rights
-Protect Wisconsin's "Prove It First" law
-Promote healthy, sustainable jobs for Wisconsinites
-Let citizens be heard before permits are granted
-Don't weaken our environmental protections
From the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voter's Action Alert:
The new Open-Pit Mining Bill (SB 1) is a flawed, extreme, one-sided bill that will subject our air and water to contamination from toxins like arsenic, lead and mercury.
Citizens will have the opportunity to register your opposition to this devastating legislation and to testify on how these proposals will impact our clean air and clean water.
Please contact us with your questions: 608-661-0845 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
They have no authority to govern Wisconsin.
They answer only to their bosses at WMC - Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.
This Thursday:
-Reject their anti-worker, anti-child, anti-environment agenda and reject this state legislature.
This election is being threatened by unverifiable voting machines, voter ID laws that disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, restrictive election laws for third party candidates and voters who wish to vote early, as well as many other forms of voter suppression that we are likely to witness on and before November 6. Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 have taught us that our elections can be stolen if we do not act.
WE'RE NOT BROKE tells the story of how U.S. corporations have been able to hide over a trillion dollars from Uncle Sam, and how seven fed-up Americans from across the country, take their frustration to the streets . . . and vow to make the corporations pay their fair share.
"Kicking assets and taking names, 'We're Not Broke' gets in the face of deficit hawks and budget cutters with a well-researched, brightly presented and provocative argument that the U.S. isn't overtaxed and profligate, but rather a paradise for corporate tax cheats." — John Anderson, Variety
Join Director Karin Hayes and...Read More
The WIsconsin Wave will be tabling at Fighting Bobfest this year with a booth featuring our election integrity work!
A coalition of local labor and community groups has formed a CTU Solidarity Commitee to support striking Chicago teachers. The Chicago Teachers Union has begun their historic strike for the defense of public education! This is the most important struggle for the Labor Movement in 15 years, and we have a duty to show the same solidarity to Chicago teachers that they showed to us during our struggle in the Wisconsin Uprising.
Local election integrity activists will screen this explosive documentary that shows how the election fraud that changed the outcome of the 2004 election led to even greater fraud in 2006 - and now looms as an unbridled threat to the outcome of all elections. This controversial feature length film by Emmy award-winning director David Earnhardt examines in factual, logical, and yet startling terms how easy it is to change election outcomes and undermine election integrity across the U.S. Noted computer programmers, statisticians, journalists, and experienced election officials provide the irrefutable proof.
Will the Wisconsin recall elections be stolen? If recent history is any guide it's a definite possibility, especially because these races are expected to be extremely close. Think Florida 2000, Ohio 2004, and Waukesha County 2011.
BREAKING NEWS: Waukesha County clerk Kathy Nickoloaus will likely remain in a position of influence over Tuesday's recall elections!
On June 5th we vote. On June 6th we keep it in the streets! Join Occupy Wisconsin and dozens of community allies and labor unions to march on June 6th to make the following demands of our Governor:
1. Repeal Act 10 - Hands off unions and collective bargaining. No cuts to education or Badger Care.
2. Restore the Equal Pay Act - We demand and end to workplace discrimination.
3. Tax the 1% - Hold the banksters and the 1% accountable for their economic crisis, and stop the cuts to working and oppressed people.
...Read More
[Note: The Voter Assembly in Madison will take place on June 6th at 5pm on the State Street side of the Capitol. Spread the word of facebook here. For more info on the Wave's No More Stolen Election campaign click here]
Register today at: http://www.cityofmadison.com/business/coopconference/
A talk by Tom Hayden, one of the founders of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). He served as president of SDS from 1962 to 1963 and drafted its most famous work, the Port Huron Statement. He is currently a peace & justice activist based in Los Angeles and founder and director of The Peace and Justice Resource Center.
Tom Hayden's talk will be introduced by John Nichols, political correspondent for The Nation magazine and associate editor of The Capital Times.
For more info click here
A talk by Carl Davidson, who was Vice President and National Secretary of the Students for a Democratic Society from 1968 to 1976. He is currently national co-chair of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism and a national board member of Solidarity Economy Network.
Carl Davidson's talk will be introduced by Matt Rothschild, editor of the Progressive Magazine
From the Student Labor Action Coalition (SLAC):
We are holding a rally to pressure the University to cut ties with Adidas this coming Wednesday from 12:15-1:15pm, starting on Library Mall and then marching up to Bascom Hall. This will be our last action of the year and we are looking for as much support as possible!
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/392971770743755/
Please invite your friends! We very much appreciate it and look forward to seeing you there.
2012 Peace Symposium and Democracy Convergence
April 20th - 22nd 2012
This Years Theme: People Powered Democracy Confronts Corporate Rule
Ben Manski
Executive Director of the Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
David Barsamian
Author and award-winning founder and director of Alternative Radio.
David Cobb
Spokesperson for Move To Amend
Alice DiMicele
Based in the Pacific Northwest, DiMicele's music celebrates the natural world and the people in it. http://www.alicedimicele.com/
George Friday
Field organizer for the Bill of Rights...Read More
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it." ~ Abraham Lincoln
- Ben Manski, Esq., Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution; Associate Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
- Dr. Margaret Flowers, National Occupation of Washington D.C. (NOW DC)
- Daniel Wayne Lee, Los Angeles Move to Amend; Occupy Los Angeles
- Steve Cobble, adviser to Free Speech For People; Associate Fellow, Institute for...Read More
To follow up on a Week of Action devoted to commemorating and celebrating what the Wisconsin Uprising accomplished this past year, a public meeting will be held to brainstorm where it should head in the future. In particular, the growing reality of a gubernatorial recall and four additional senate recalls presents our movement with important and urgent questions:
Sponsored by Socialist Alternative, this panel discussion will feature:
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/312941055407239/
This event is part of an Anniversary Week of Action to celebrate the Wisconsin Uprising.
Click here for more info!
Spread the word about this event on facebook here!
Please join in Solidarity to commemorate the one year anniversary of this historic uprising. We will gather at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Mifflin St., then march in protest, hear some short speeches of inspiration, and end with a Solidarity Sing Along! Bring picket signs and wear MTI Red!
Scott Walker and the GOP can take away our rights but not our voices! Let's remind them that our resolve is certain and that our Union makes us strong!
Sponsored by Madison Teachers Inc.
Last year, the I ♥ UW rally touched off a series of historic protests in defense of our rights as students, teachers, and workers. Over 1000 Students, TAs, PAs, RAs, Lecturers, Faculty, Staff and many others marched down state street demanding better support for our learning and teaching conditions and delivered thousands of Valentines to Walker. For many of us, it was our first time experiencing the power of collective action in defense of what we all knew was priceless: quality, affordable education and workers' rights in Wisconsin.
Last year's protests have historical significance not only for Wisconsin but for the country as a whole, as in many ways what happened here was one of the inspirations for the nationwide occupy movement that began in September.
In an effort to better preserve the history of the Wisconsin Uprising, the organizers of the Capitol Information Station (which served as a crucial vehicle for information and networking during the Capitol Occupation), will be running a "Documentation Station" to help preserve the collective memory of last year's events. Over the course of two days, audio recorders, cameras, and artistic materials...Read More
Speakers: Pastors Michael Harrison and Troy Jackson, leaders in the victory against Ohio's anti-union bill.
After the breakfast we will march to the Capitol after and join other events of the day. Please RSVP to Executive Director, Rabbi Renee Bauer, email@example.com
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/203004923123040/
Just like we did a year ago!
February 11th is the one-year anniversary of the day Walker and his funders launched their all out assault against everything that makes Wisconsin a great place to live, work, and learn. It also marks the anniversary of the day the people of Wisconsin rose up in mass protest to not only "kill the bill," but also to demand an end to the many economic and social injustices present in our society.
On February 11th, 2012 the Wisconsin Wave hosted a rally to mark a new holiday- Wisconsin Day! Speakers will addressed the challenges and opportunities the grassroots social movement...Read More
Bring signs and banners to protect our water and call for the Senate not to take up a companion bill to AB 426, the new iron mining law that the Assembly just passed.
Anti-mining activists will gather at the headquarters of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce--which has been pushing behind closed doors to gut our state's environmental regulations and democracy for mining interests--at 10:30 for a short rally followed by a march up to the Capitol, where we will join the Read More
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, this panel discussion will feature:
This event is a fundraiser for Haymarket Books and the Center for Economic Research and Social Change (http://cersc.org/). Admission is $5-20 (sliding scale). Madison College students, faculty and staff admitted free. No one turned away for lack of funds.
The conveners "invite you to attend a conference which brings together historians, social theorists, contemporary student activists, and Port Huron veterans to discuss the origins, historical impact, and contemporary relevance of the New Left's founding manifesto."
This is a group photography exhibit featuring nine photographers who were shooting inside the Capitol Rotunda during the 17 days and nights of the occupation, with accompanying narrative compiled from words by participants.
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/334620993235709/
Coverage of event in the Wisconsin State Journal
Please note that this event has been postponed and will not be taking place Friday, January 26th at 4:30pm. Contact Occupy Madison for information about the rescheduled event.
Occupy Madison is sponsoring a vigil on University Ave. at East Campus Mall (between the Lucky Building and Vilas Hall, one block east of Park St). This is part of a national week of protest by U.S. Uncut protesting corporations and super-rich who don't pay their fair share of taxes. Besides fair taxation we will also be protesting student loan debt and home foreclosures. There is a UW branch of US...Read More
The Peoples Tribunal of AB-426, (testimonials, complaints, alternative job growth suggestions), North Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, & Assembly Floor Vote AB-426 (Watch).
The Peoples Tribunal will be an open Citizens Mining Hearing taking citizen petitions and testimony on AB-426 and providing legislative organizing skills, training and actions suggestions to citizens and providing an opportunity for those to speak on the Mining Bill as now proposed. If you, or an organization would like to provide support, endorse the event or testify at the peoples hearing please contact Carl at email@example.com
State of the State Address by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in the Assembly Chambers. Admission to Assembly Gallery by invitation only, but the Capitol rotunda will be open!
Scott Walker does not speak for us! He and the Republicans in the legislature have not listened to the voices of the people of Wisconsin this year. Come to this forum to tell the world about how you see the State of the State. If you have given testimony at a public hearing this year, please bring that information. If you have protested this year, come speak out about what your concerns are.
NOTICE OF HEARING -- Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business Executive Session, 412 East State Capitol in Madison, Assembly Bill 426 - relating to regulation of ferrous metallic mining and waiving many current laws and regulations. The committee will be discussing and voting on amendments, and voting to pass the bill on to the full Assembly on Thursday.
Click here for more background on the AB426 and the proposed Penokee mine
January 20, 2012: South Central Wisconsin Move to Amend (SCWMTA) will be holding a rally marking the 2nd Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC. This rally is part of "Occupy the Courts," the national day of protest taking place in over 100 cities across the country.
"Occupy" here is symbolic. Demonstrations will occur outside federal court houses around the country. South Central Wisconsin Move to Amend (SCMTA) is sponsoring an event from 4:30 to 6:00 at the Kastenmeier Federal Courthouse at 120 N. Henry St. in Madison (corner of W. Dayton and N. Henry)....Read More
Inspired by our friends at Occupy Wall Street, and Dr. Cornel West, Move To Amend is planning bold action to mark the second anniversary of the infamous Citizens United v. FEC decision!
5-7pm - FREE PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY TRAINING & POT LUCK DINNER
Learn how to engage the public and gather signatures for a campaign to demand a Constitutional Amendment to end Corporate Personhood, get the money out of our political system, and reverse Citizens United.
Right here, in Iowa… as the movement spreads across America.
The topic is education.
Guests speakers:
As always, there will also be music, poetry, and storytelling.
In support of OSD Faculty and staff, the a Faculty/Educational Assistant and Citizen Coffee is planned for January 5, 2012, from 3:30PM to 5:45PM at the Firefly Coffee House. Please add this to your calendar and please invite other citizens.
This event is the initiative of area residents, led by E. Jerry Tyler.
The OAP Open Mic to follow at 6 pm will focus on education-related issues.
Please join us this Tuesday evening for a special repeat appearance in Madison featuring Nicole Foss: futurist, international lecturer, and co-author of the top-rated financial blog www.TheAutomaticEarth.blogspot.com
Sponsors: WORT, Madison Peak Oil Group, UW Madison Energy Hub, Transition Madison Area, RENEW Wisconsin
Pre-event Publicity: Nicole Foss will be interviewed live on WORT during an hour-long program starting at noon on Monday, January 2nd. Richard Heinberg, James Howard Kunstler, and Dmitry Orlov – leading luminaries in the Peak Oil/Post-Carbon world – will be calling in as guests.
The Wisconsin Department of Administration has announced a new policy that would require demonstrations inside the Capitol of four or more people to request permits of the state 72 hours in advance, and could require protest groups to reimburse the state for the cost of policing them, at a cost of $50 per officer per hour.
The Singalong will be outside on Friday the 16th, and inside Monday the 19th. Monday will be the test...Read More
A Forum on how Gov. Walker's policies have hurt Wisconsin's 99%
Rep. Chris Taylor, 8th Assembly District (Labor & Workforce, Ways & Means and Health Committees), former public policy director of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.
Ben Manski of the Wisconsin Wave, Liberty Tree Foundation, and Move to Amend coalition.
Sponsored by the Rock County Progressives
The State Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business is holding a public hearing on the proposed Penokee iron mine on Wednesday, December 14th. More information about the this devastating bill and its impact on our environment can be found here and here.
Madison Protest to Demand JOBS NOT CUTS!
November 19th, Saturday
11am: RALLY @ Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Bldg
(501 E. Wash on corner of East Wash and Franklin)
12pm March to Capitol for We are WI Rally to Recall Walker
Part of a National Week of Action to oppose savage budget cuts on the state and federal levels!
RSVP on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=279133378773578
This Friday, November 18th, the movement to recall Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch will gain additional momentum with the Recall Walker Pep Rally at the Barrymore Theatre.
The Recall Walker Pep Rally will feature incredible artists like NYC comedian Lee Camp and musician Sean Michael Dargan along with speakers hailing from a diverse range of political and community affiliations. It begins at 7pm, with doors opening at 6pm. Admission is sliding scale $5-to-$100 donation, with a recommended $10 contribution. That's Friday, November 18th, doors open at 6pm, sliding scale admission, at the Barrymore Theatre at 2090 Atwood Ave in Madison.
On Nov. 17, we will declare an economic emergency for the 99 CAMPING OUT AFTER RALLY BRING ALL YOUR CAMPING WE NEED PEOPLE TO CAMP OUT FOR THE LONG HAUL. EVERYONE THAT COMES TO THE RALLY WILL NEED A TENT TO CAMP OUT IN THANK YOU
Where do the movement to abolish corporate personhood, the Wisconsin protest wave, global resistance to austerity, and the voting rights, election integrity, anti-war, and campus democracy movements come together? Beneath the branches of Liberty Tree, committed to "building a democracy movement for the U.S.A." since 2004.
You're invited to a free community forum, Corporations Are Not Persons and Money Is Not Speech. The event includes a presentation by and discussion with David Cobb, the national spokesperson for Move to Amend.
Cobb will discuss the national Move to Amend campaign and what we can do to abolish never-intended corporate constitutional rights and reverse the legal doctrine that money is speech! Download flyer here.
Oregon Area Progressives is sponsoring All About ALEC, a forum on the American Legislative Exchange Council with an outstanding lineup of speakers, including Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) Sen. Mark Miller Rep. Mark Pocan Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts Lisa Graves - Center for Media and Democracy Mike McCabe - Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Jack Norman -Institute for Wisconsin's Future Jim Cavanaugh - South Central Federation of Labor Dan Holub - WEAC Julie Underwood - UW Madison School of Education Joanne Ricca - Wisconsin AFL-CIO Robert Kraig - Citizen's Action of Wisconsin and Jay Heck - Common Cause Moderated by John Nichols...Read More
To register and for more information: http://www.digitalmediaconference.org/2011/
--> Liberty Tree Fellows Sarah and Ben Manski are invited participants on the conference's "Mega Panel" on Saturday at 12:30pm.
The Dover Delaware United Nations Association will be celebrating World Water Day!
We will be passing out statistics and requests for water advocacy as well as offering car pooling to events sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia UNA and the League of Women Voters luncheon to discuss Economic Disparity.
In the second half of the meeting we will read an article together and then and request support for "Move to Amend." Come join us!
Last month, the Center for Equal Opportunity launched an attack on the students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, trying to pit Badger against Badger to further their partisan goals. However, we resisted, we united, and we stood together in support of the holistic admissions practices at UW-Madison, reminding the CEO that we're more than our scores!
Now, our defense continues as Representative Stephen Nass (R-Whitewater) has invited the CEO to the Capitol for a closed hearing to waste time they should be spending working on job creation or lowering the cost of higher education scrutinizing our legal admissions practices...Read More
We will be marching around the Capitol at 2:30 p.m. Our American Dream "JOBS NOT CUTS" Rally begins at 3:00 p.m. Featured speakers include: Sen. Jon Erpenbach, Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, Rep. Mark Pocan, and Mr. David Worzala. Local citizens will also be sharing their stories and several musicians will
perform. Workers continue to face further cuts and attacks - We need jobs, not cuts! We're making progress, but we can't stop until politicians of all stripes and at all levels get serious about concrete solutions for fixing our broken economy. Let's keep working together to get our message out!
March to End the Wars!
Ten Years in Afghanistan - Ten Billion Dollars a Month
March & Rally in Madison, Wisconsin
Saturday, Oct. 15
Join the Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) for a March and Rally to mark 10 years of U.S.-led war in Afghanistan on Saturday, Oct. 15th. We will call for an end to this war and all wars. We want jobs, schools, and healthcare -- not war.
Please gather at UW Library Mall at 11:30 am. Bring your peace and labor signs. Come early for parking because it's a football Saturday and Farmer's Market...Read More
Join the Occupy Madison movement as they protest the "commercial" interests who have taken control of the government, stolen jobs, benefits and put the interests of CEOs ahead of the people of Wisconsin!
Rally at noon Water & Wisconsin
12:45 pm March to City Hall
1pm - 2:30 pm Speak Out
Milwaukee City Hall Rotunda
200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee WI
How has war effected you?
What is the impact on our community from the longest war in U.S. history?
Sponsored by Milwaukee Coalition for a Just Peace
More info here
Please click here to RSVP for one or both events!
Both events at the Pyle Center on the UW campus, 702 Langdon Street, Madison. (Click here for map.)
Fall Member Assembly, 11 am to 2:30 pm - $20 registration for WNPJ members / $25 for non-members
We're going public this month for the first time by holding our October meet-up at the Infinitea Teahouse! This month's notable attendees will be Eau Claire City Council member, Dana Wachs, as well as Eau Claire County Board member, John DeRosier, who are considering sponsoring a resolutions in support of reversing the Supreme Court's "Citizens United v. FEC" decision.
Come share how unlimited/undisclosed corporate influence of our elections has made an impact on the issues that you care about! We'll need your input as we propose, discuss, and vote on local resolutions to pass.
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The Postal Service is critical to our economy – delivering mail, medicine, and packages on time and for a good price. Yet plans are underway to close thousands of post offices, eliminate Saturday delivery, close mail processing facilities, cut service, and lay off 120,000 employees.
These cuts won't just hurt Postal Workers – they will hurt every American, every community and every business.
Global Crisis, Global Resistance The Revolt Against Capitalism and the Case for Socialism National speaking tour with Linda Fischer (info below) A wave of revolt is sweeping the world. In North Africa, uprisings topple dictators; in China, mass strikes defy repression; in Wisconsin, workers occupy the Capitol building for weeks; and as European capitalism plunges deeper into crisis, workers and youth are responding with general strikes, mass occupations, and powerful protests. Meanwhile, the super-rich demand even more tax cuts, budget cuts, and layoffs. But a growing majority in Europe are declaring "We won't pay for your crisis!"
Bringing the inspiration of the Wisconsin protest wave -- from the occupation of the state's capitol to the recent national Democracy Convention in Madison -- to the planned October 2011 occupation of Freedom Plaza in D.C.:
On Tuesday, September 13th our esteemed state legislature will resume business after two and a half months of much needed rest and relaxation. After all it must have been hard work rolling back 100 years of progress in just 5 short months!
Join the South Central Federation of Labor on Labor Day for a great afternoon of music and dancing on Monday, Sept. 5, from Noon - 5:30 pm at the Madison Labor Temple. There will be lots of attractions for kids and an extensive menu of good food, beer and soft drinks will be served throughout the event.
Music starts at 12:30 p.m. with LaborFest regulars, the Westside Andy / Mel Ford Band, followed at 3 pm by Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound performing some of the best pan-ethnic party music in the Midwest.
Neo-Nazis are planning a rally in West Allis on Sept. 3, hoping to capitalize on a racially charged incident that took place recently at the Wisconsin State Fair. In response, the people of West Allis and Milwaukee are organizing a massive counter-rally to reject the Nazi message of racism and hate. Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice is arranging for buses from Madison to West Allis.
Buses leave from UW Memorial Union in Madison at 10:30am and from Dutch Mill Park and Ride at 10:45 am on Saturday the 3rd, and return to Madison at 5pm.
As part of a national day of action National Nurses United, PRC and allies will be bringing a dose of reality to US Congressman
Paul Ryan's home-town district office to urge him to support a Wall Street Financial Transaction Tax to make Wall Street pay for the economic crisis and hardship that they've caused.
During the Great Depression, soup kitchen lines were a visible reminder of widespread suffering.
People are also suffering today, but all too often they're invisible to or ignored by politicians and the media.
We'll be having a speak-out to draw attention to the hard times faced...Read More
On this day Wisconsin State Employees will receive up to a 13% pay cut courtesy of Gov. Walker.
This pay cut does not just impact state workers, but all Wisconsinites.
The Economic Policy Institute estimates that wage reductions implemented by Act 10 will cost the state nearly $1 billion in economic activity.
Walker and his cronies demand wage cuts for workers while offering massive handouts to corporations and the super-wealthy. Nationally, we are told by both sides of the political aisle that there must be "shared sacrifice" to solve our current fiscal woes. This translates to working...Read More
On August 25th, Wisconsin State Employees will receive a pay cut of up to 13%, courtesy of Governor Walker
Stand with State Workers to say: "Enough!" It's time that the corporate class pays its fair share.
4:30 Library Mall, March to the Capitol
5:00 Rally at the Capitol
We've Been Robbed!
It's Time To Fight Back Together!
Join your Union Sisters & Brothers for Free Brats!
Come When You CanStay as Long as You Can
From August 24th to August 28, 2011 over 1200 people from around the country covened in Madison for a Democracy Convention designed to further the growing nationwide Democracy Movmeent. This event, sponsored by the Liberty Tree Foundation (which also sponsors the Wisconsin Wave) gave participants and organizers alike the skills to return to their communities and fight for Democracy where it matters most -- in our schools, our workplaces and local economies, our military, our governm
This August the Wave, in partnership with the Election Defense Alliance, is running an independent, non-partisan campaign to identify and expose serious election violations.
To do this we are recruiting volunteers to conduct "citizen exit polls" on August 9th and August 16th outside of polling locations throughout the recall districts. These polls are then compared to the officially announced ward totals, with major discrepancies providing the evidence needed to demand a hand recount (which is the only way to know whether or not an election involving computerized vote tallying was not stolen!) . This technique has proven extremely effective...Read More
To do this we are recruiting volunteers to conduct "citizen exit polls" on August 9th and August 16th outside of polling locations throughout the recall districts. These polls are then compared to the officially announced ward totals, with major discrepancies providing the evidence needed to demand a hand recount (which is the only way to know whether or not an election involving computerized vote tallying was not stolen!) . This technique has proven extremely effective...Read More
Join your friends, neighbors, co-workers, and comrades, for an afternoon filled with a fantastic line-up of music, suds, and solidarity!
This is a benefit to raise funds, to meet our operational needs, to keep our local union effective and functional, in our fight to restore collective bargaining. Every little bit helps-spread the word and bring your friends, this SUNDAY at 2 pm!
Listing in tentative order of appearance,
Enjoy our musical line-up featuring
"A need for national, state, and local action"
As hundreds of thousands of public school supporters gather in Washington DC the weekend of July 28 to 30, 2011, Wisconsin advocates will hold a rally in support of the Save Our Schools agenda at 3:00 PM on Saturday July 30, near the State St. entrance to the Capitol.
"Public schools are under attack. There is a need for national, state, and local action in support of our schools. Wisconsin has been ground zero in this; the Save Our Schools demands from the Guiding Principles provide a great framework to build our...Read More
Madison now has a 17 % poverty rate. Over half of our students in the public schools qualify for free or reduced lunch due to poverty and yet our state and federal government keep cutting programs to help those most in need. No one deserves to go to bed hungry or homeless. How can we make sure all our neighbors get their basic needs met and are supported in their efforts to lift themselves out of poverty?
Please join Progressive Dane for an organizing meeting to work on addressing poverty locally. We hope to build a diverse coalition of...Read More
Join the Madison Area Peace Coalition on Saturday, July 2nd to demonstrate solidarity with protesters around the world. Bring your peace signs, labor "flair," inflatable globes, and other symbols of solidarity with sisters & brothers who happen to live in other countries. National boundaries shall not divide us. We will read a "Declaration of Interdependence"! Come for a little while, or the whole time! Gather at the MAPC farmer's market table on the north corner of the Capitol Square, near the Police Memorial -- across from the YWCA and UW Credit Union.
March: 5:00 pm
Begins at State St. entrance to the capitol.
We will circle the capitol once before proceeding to the City - County Building.
Rally: 5:30 pm
City - County Building, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
SB 107 / AB 155 will roll back over a decade's worth of tenants' rights legislation in Madison. It is an assault on tenants' rights and an affront to local government.
Wisco Water Bowl-A-Rama! If you like your water and air clean and your local, healthy food to be just that, locally produce and healthy, then this fundraiser is for YOU. By taking part in this event you are raising money to help the Green Rock Audubon Society and Green Rock Citizens for Clean Water promote citizen water monitoring, testing for nitrate pollution and protections for wells and waterways from pollution.
Governor Walker is speaking at Devil's Lake North Shore (just outside the chateau) in honor of the Devils Lake Centennial Celebration this Saturday June 25 at 9:30 am.
We plan to respectfully remind him that our natural resources and our state parks are not for sale, our rights matter to all Wisconsin citizens, and our passion for ethical governance is not over…We've just begun!!!!
WHAT: Protest Walker. Walker and program scheduled at 9:30am Saturday June 25. (expected duration is 45 minutes to an hour).
Organizing Institute www.organize.aflcio.org
Registration deadline 6/22! (see below for more info)
Union Organizer Training
The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute is a 3 day union and community organizer training in Madison, WI. The training will be held at theMadison Labor Temple, 1602 S Park St, Madison, WI. The purpose of this training is to equip union staff, member activists and member organizers with a strong foundation in one on one internal organizing. If you are looking to train staff or members to work on dues drives and internal or external organizing campaigns, we encourage you to...Read More
Please join the Madison Infoshop and Madison's radical community for an evening of discussion about the proposed Penokee Mine in northern Wisconsin. Governor Walker's attack on Wisconsin does not end with collective bargaining, education, and health care -- it extends to our environment as well. One of the largest assaults on Wisconsin's ecosystem may come from mining deregulation and the proposed mine in the Lake Superior Bad River watershed. During our discussion, we'll cover the basics of the planned mining proposal, where the legislative process is at, and what we can do to support the struggle against the mine.
What: A cake and ice cream party for the DOA!
Who: The Autonomous Solidarity Organization, a group that formed
organically in the Capitol Rotunda, allies and fellow residents.
When: Wednesday, June 22nd 4:30 p.m.
Where: Corner of 101 E. Wilson St.
• Revelers with cake and ice cream
• Revelers offering cake and ice cream to DOA personnel
Civil service and unions go together. So union people are planning a party for WI Civil Service, because it's turning 106. Expect party hats, favors, and birthday cake! And special birthday games to fit our times. You won't want to miss this! Those who wish to are encouraged to come dressed in party clothes of the 6 year old set. Sponsored by the Ad Hoc Committee on Civil Service Celebrations
Make our voices heard as the Senate is expected to take up the state budget.
Rally at the Capitol
Thursday, June 16
Noon – Marches begin at Walkerville on Capitol Square
5:30pm – Rally at the Square and State St.
Join us on Thursday and come early, pitch a tent and join the Walkerville community.
Take action! Join the movement!
Please join Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice on the ground floor Capitol Rotunda for a solidarity sing-along at noon, featuring best-loved songs from the labor and civil rights movements. Songbooks will be provided by the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice.
Join the fight for People's Rights with Labor and Community!
12pm (State Street and Mifflin): Whose House? Our House?
March to demand the State Capitol be returned to the people of Wisconsin by making the buidling fully accessible and open to the public. Facebook page
5pm (King Street): Rally for a People's Rights Agenda!
Spnosored by the People's Rights Campaign
In an effort to thank our bus drivers and Metro workers as a whole for their tireless work serving the community we will be boarding buses with gifts for our drivers throughout the day, Wednesday, June 15th. To raise public awareness of these cuts and their effects on the community, we will also distribute informational flyers to Metro patrons. We encourage all members of the community to take this day to show your support for transit workers and continue to do so throughout the year.
If you would like to participate contact any of the following individuals or...Read More
The mobilization continues Tuesday with a day of peaceful resistance to Walker's oppressive budget.
(Events taking place all day, so if you can only make it after work, come on down!)
The Assembly Org has called the Assembly into an Extraordinary Session. Extraordinary Session happens very rarely and to my knowledge never before for a budget bill. They learned their lesson from last time when they were forced to break all the rules because by calling for an Extraordinary Session they have essentially gotten rid of all the rules that might stand in their way. It is...Read More
Gather in Downtown Milwaukee for Wisconsin Solidarity Day on the eve of WI Assembly Extraordinary Session on the State Budget. Bring signs about your budget issues i.e. education, health care, social programs, jobs, in-state tuition, community services, unions and other issues.
With each day the fight against Scott Walker's unethical budget grows stronger. On Monday thousands of firefighters, nurses, and community members marched with Russ Feingold to the Capitol to demand that the legislature vote down this immoral document.
What: Who is primarily responsible for Scott Walker's budget and its heinous attacks on students, workers, the disabled, immigrants, people of color, the elderly, women, unions, farmers, beer drinkers, and our natural environment? His corporate backers, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC).
On Monday, June 13th at 12pm join activists and concerned citizens from around Wisconsin in kicking off a week of protest against the budget bill with a march on WMC headquarters.
On Monday, June 13th or Tuesday, June 14th join with your fellow Wisconsinites in calling on the legislature to reject the devastating two-year budget under consideration by organizing a "Reboot the Budget" Protest in your community. By acting together we can stop this immoral document and redo the budgeting process in a way that truly taking into account the rights and needs of the people of this state!
How to organize a "Reboot the Budget" Protest:
Tomorrow Scott Walker and Paul Ryan will be speaking at a conference backed by The Realtor and Bank Association titled: New Partnerships: Government & Real Estate.
Join Housing Rights Advocates, Farmers, Labor & Community to oppose record foreclosures and the corporate land grab going on now at the state and federal levels. Demand a budget that protects public land, farmers, homeless, the environment and prevents foreclosures by provides housing for those in need. Instead of bailouts and tax giveaways for the banks that created this crisis, make them pay their fair share!
When: 10:00am Thursday, June 9,...Read More
WALKER'S BUDGET MAKES BAD CHOICES NOT HARD CHOICES-by taking from schools, seniors, healthcare, public services and the poor –by giving corporations and his wealthy donorshuge tax giveaways. Now Walker and his cronies threaten to add the attack on collective bargaining back into the budget. This budget takes Wisconsin backward…we sayForward! We, the people of Wisconsin, demand a budget that serves our interests, protects our rights and ensures corporations and the rich pay their fair share!
Monday June 6th: March to Support the Walkerville Tent City & STOP Walker's Budget!
When & Where: 11:30 @ 316 W. Dayton...Read More
Walkerville is a tent city on the Capitol square established to watch over and take action on the state budget!
In February and March, we started building a movement to fight back against the Walker agenda. We came together for an unprecedented, historical series of actions, events and an occupation of the state Capitol.
The politicians didn't listen to us then, but we started changing our state. We need to keep building our movement. We need to keep taking action, dramatic action, to fight back and take back our state.
We are going to be here...Read More
The Wisconsin Positive Business Alliance (WPBA) is standing up to this latest assault on our way of life by organizing a rally and march to Save our Beer!
5pm- Meetup at the Capitol to hear from small brewery owners about how this will affect their business
5:30pm- We will be visiting state street bars to ask them to put a bag over their Miller taps for...Read More
Today We Declare Our Independence: Tasty, Delicious Independence!
We the People of the State of Wisconsin, in order to form a more perfect Bratfest, establish larger waistlines, ensure domestic enjoyability, provide local entertainment, promote civil discourse among individuals of all political persuasions, and secure Peace and Goodwill for ourselves and our Posterity do hereby ordain and establish this 1st Annual People's Bratfest of the State of Wisconsin!
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of the Goodwill of the People of Wisconsin, we mutually pledge to each other our Brats,...Read More
Picnic with Lunch at Noon, Speakers at 1:pm Include Sen. Joe Erpenbach, Sen. Jim Holperin, Rep Donna Seidel
Hands Off My Medicare! Rally in Milwaukee!
Join us for a special screening of 'The Economics of Happiness', a documentary about the worldwide movement for localization, held at Plymouth Public Library at 5:45 PM on Wednesday, May 18.
Both hard‐hitting and inspiring, 'The Economics of Happiness' demonstrates that millions of people across the world are already engaged in building a better world – that small scale initiatives are happening on a large scale. The film shows that countless initiatives are united around a common cause: rebuilding more democratic, human scale, ecological and local economies – the foundation of an 'economics of happiness'.
Walker and legislative allies plan to bypass courts, jam rights-stripping measures through with their budget proposal!
Join us for a lively workshop & discussion addressing the intersections of race and class in our lives. All are welcome! We hope to develop strong white leaders who have a clear understanding of systematic racism, how it affects communities of color, and what ally-ship looks like. Please contact us with any questions you may have- groundworkmadison.wordpress.com or 561.568.0954. Free food and childcare will be provided.
Representative Howard Marklein, republican representing the 51st Assembly District (Includes Dodgeville, Sauk City, Prairie du Sac, Spring Green) is holding listening sessions on the State Budget. The session scheduled for this Friday is not at a very convenient time however hopefully people in that area can make time to attend. At his Dodgeville listening session he highlighted that he views that protecting taxpayers from the government is an important role for him. He needs to hear from people that taxpayers need protection from large corporations and tax breaks for the rich. Marklein and other republicans have created a crater in...Read More
The untold story of the first night of the Battle of Miffland will be recounted on Tuesday May 3rd 7pm in the UW Humanities Building (Park St. & Library Mall) Room 1131, along with clips from "The War At Home".
It will also address differences in the political situation then and now and the lessons of the Battle of Miffland for workers, students, and communities who will have to confront a highly-militarized corporate state when all their means of legal and orderly redress have been exhausted.
State legislators and others continue to hold budget briefings throughout the state. Please check out Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF) 2011-2013 Budget Essentials to help with testifying at the hearings.
You're Invited to Join Community Members in Wisconsin's 10th State Senate District for a Special Announcement: Today, May 3rd HUDSON, WI: 12 NOON Lakefront Park Band Shell MENOMONIE, WI: 3 PM Legacy Chocolates 632 South Broadway Menomonie, WI 54751 RIVER FALLS, WI: 5 PM Dish and the Spoon Cafe 208 North Main Street River Falls, WI 54022
On May First, Immigrant Workers Union is organizing this year's May Day Rally. In this way, Madison will join a long list of cities from coast to coast in defense of immigrant rights and solidarity with public employees.
Please Join Voces de la Frontera for the Wisconsin Solidarity Rally for Immigrant and Worker Rights, May 1st in Milwaukee!
*Stop Racist Arizona Copycat Law!
*Defend In-State Tuition for Immigrant Students!
*Defend Collective Bargaining Rights!
*Stop Walker's Budget Cuts to Education and Health Care!
The eyes of the Nation are on Wisconsin. Let's seize this historic opportunity to make this May Day rally the biggest one yet. Voces de la Frontera will be offering buses from Madison to Milwaukee for those who wish to join the statewide march! Join us!!!
MADISON SCHEDULE...Read More
Date: Saturday April 30th
Time: 1pm - 5pm
Place: Madison, WI (meet at Goodman Park, ride to the Capitol)
Cycles: Meet at Goodman Park at 1pm
Spectators and Protesters: Be at the Capitol by 2pm
The Labor-Community Network is sponsoring a pot luck on Friday, April 29 for folks to get together to share a meal and ideas about the new People's Rights Campaign. Bring friends, neighbors, coworkers, anyone who's interested along with your favorite dish to share that serves about 10-15 people.
The event will feature an update on the People's Rights Campaign and solicit your creative ideas on how to have a positive impact in the state budget battle.
The Labor & Working Class Studies Project
Wednesday, April 27, 7PM
Pyle Center, room 313, 702 Langdon St. (corner of Langdon and Lake
* Samantha Jordan, Wisconsin Resists
* David Nack, School for Workers
* Andrew Sernatinger, Solidarity
* Kabzuag Vaj, Freedom Inc.
Free & open to the public
Public parking is available at the Lake St. Ramp, about a block and a
half from the Pyle Center.
The...Read More
"Hands Off Our Medicare" Rally Outside Paul Ryan Town Hall Event, Organized by Americans United for Change: Paul Ryan wants to end Medicare as we know it and give tax cuts to millionaires. Come rally before his listening session to demonstrate that Americans won't stand for that! Volunteers will assemble at 2:30pm outside the Madrigano Auditorium where Paul Ryan will be holding his listening session at 3:00pm.
This will be updated soon with supporters and speakers.
What is happening at the University of Wisconsin Madison? What is the New Badger Partnership and public authority status? Why don't many students know about the plan? Will Governor Walker truly get a majority of the appointments on the proposed Board of Trustees? What the HELL would the Board of Trustees even do? Where's the funding? Where are the jobs? It's time to send off an S.O.S. to "save our school"!
Who should attend? We're calling on students, professors, teaching assistants, non academic staff, union members, workers, politicians, media, community members,...Read More
Join Take Back the Land-Madison, and community partners, for a series of actions to put pressure on M&I to take social responsibility, and show respect to renters and homeowners.
Rally at the Courthouse
When: April 26th 2011 8:00 am
Where: Dane County Courthouse
215 S. Hamilton St.
(8th Floor, Courtroom 8D)
Meet outside on the corner of S. Hamilton and Doty.
More Information: 608-616-9468 email@example.com
We the People of Wisconsin demand all the votes be hand counted in a recount of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race between JoAnne Kloppenburg and David Prosser. We reject the Prosser campaign's intimidation attempts to forgo a re-count, because actions that reinforce democracy are never "costly and frivolous". The 7,316 vote margin between the candidates is less than one half of one percent of the total votes cast. It would have been abrogation of public trust if the GAB did not conduct an investigation into what happened in Waukesha County during this election.
Bring signs, kids, friends,... meet at the high school, march down Main st past Millers Grocery and back.
Let's show Chase that we are sick of them not pay their taxes!
Join US Uncut, Wisconsin Resists, & MoveOn.org to solve the Case of the Missing Taxes! At 11:30 AM we will search for clues at the Madison Club (5 E. Wilson) where Austerity Mobster Paul Ryan will be speaking. At 12:15 PM We will follow the trail around the Capitol Square to Chase Bank (2 E. Mifflin St.) where we will interrogate JP Morgan Chase and other notorious banksters! We will then move in on the NEFARIOUS, TAX DODGING CULPRIT, AS YET TO BE REVEALED! If possible, come in crime fighting-appropriate attire! For more info, visit the events page on...Read More
Come one, come all, hear the call to . . .
Speakers and Music TBA…as confirmed.
MC's John "Sly" Sylvester and Sarah Manski.
NOON, SATURDAY, APRIL 16th
Change: STATE STREET CORNER
Please share widely. The puppets are coming, the puppets are coming! Corporate puppets Sarah Palin and "Americans" for "Prosperity" are rallying at our Wisconsin State Capitol on 4/16. For more information:http://www.danegop.org/latestnews.aspx
The Anti Glenn Grothman Committee asks you to join us in a:
Rally in
Support of Labor Over Billionaires
(Yes, we are SLOBS)
We are proud to present the following line-up of speakers:
* Senator Chris Larson, The Wisconsin 14
* Stephanie Bloomingdale, Sec./Treas. Wis. AFL-CIO
* Wendy Strout, Exec. Director, Emerge Wisconsin
* Rick Aaron, 60th Assembly District Candidate
* Tanya Lohr, Teacher
Location: Grady Park in Saukville
(Intersection of Hwy. 33 and Park Ave.)
Date: Saturday, April 16th
Time: Noon – 1 PM
Please bring yourself, your friends, and your family to the rally and help us...Read More
They have their house. It's time we built our own house. It's time for the . . .
Ride the Wave back to the Capitol!
Join Take Back the Land-Madison, and community partners, for a series of actions to put pressure on M&I to take social responsibility, and show respect to renters and homeowners.
Rally: Whose House? Our House! Connecting the Dots on M&I Bank
When: April 8th , 2011 3:00 pm
Where: 6304 Hammersley Ln Madison WI, 53711
(Please contact us if you want to be part of a car pool from the east side or downtown. )
More Information: 608-616-9468 or email@example.com
Dear Friends,
We are in the midst of determining the future direction of our state. We will either be the progressive land of La Follette, Gaylord Nelson, Bob Kastenmier, Dave Obey, and Midge Miller or the selfish state of Scott Walker and Paul Ryan. We will view government as an instrument in the battle to achieve social and economic justice, or live with Reagan's view that "government is the problem". Government will be our friend or it will drown in the Grover Norquist bathtub.
We have permission from the City of Verona to set up tables to collect pledges to recall Gov Walker outside of our polling places. We need volunteers to work the following shifts 7-9am, 11am-1pm, 4-6pm, 6-7:30pm Please contact Emily Wundrock 845-6232 (firstname.lastname@example.com)for further information if you are interested in volunteering for this event.
Do It Yourself (DYI) Day of Action to commemorate the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr. and his work to promote social justice and worker's rights.
Starts with a MARCH from the Dreyfus University Center (DUC) through downtown Stevens Point and back to the university where an evening of teach-ins will be held in the DUC. There will be an information table outside the North entrance of the DUC from 3:30pm-4:30pm.
Come and share your thoughts--on the Budget Repair Bill, the April 5th elections, the labor movement, the general strike, or anything else that you have on your...Read More
Rallies across the country today, beginning with a Statewide Day of Action rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol at 5pm. To find your local rally, see http://www.we-r-1.org/ and to find information about the rally at the Capitol, see http://www.wearewisconsin.org/action/from-memphis-to-madison-jesse-jackson-michelle-shocked-and-more-at-april-4-capitol-rally/
Honor the Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4th WE ARE ONE FOR QUALITY HEALTH CARE UW hospital and clinics employees are holding an informational rally outside the hospital, Monday, April 4th.
April 4th marks the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he helped sanitation workers build their union to win a just contract in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.
Our struggle AGAINST Governor Walker's budget bill which: - Eliminates collective bargaining rights for all UWHCA employees - Slashes Medicaid funding for health care - Significantly reduces BadgerCare to our...Read More
The Labor-Community Alliance presents
"An excellent film on the movement which drew Martin Luther King to Memphis and his death. It reveals
how the black and labor movements both win by struggling together!" — Julian Bond, Chair, NAACP
Sunday April 3, 2011 5:30 PM & 7:00 PM
Univ. of Wisconsin Room 1111 Mosse Humanities Bldg ● Library Mall & Park Street ● Madison
Dr. King gave his life to the cause of freedom and justice while defending the rights of workers to have jobs
with dignity. Join...Read More
This is a Free Event. You all have been busting your humps to protect your Families, Neighbors, and Friends. Judge Sumi has our backs, so its time to blow off a bit of steam. Whos' going to help you do this? The IATSE (stagehands), The Isthmus, The Barymore Theatre, and; 1:00-Johnny McKenna 2:00-Spare Time Bluegrass Band 3:00-Cork & Bottle String Band 4:00-Ken Lonnpquist 5:00-Yid Vicious 6:00-Stephanie Rearick 7:00-Mike Felten 8:00-The Apologists 9:00-The Kissers I can't wait to see y'all
Do you work, live, or shop at a cooperative? Join Union Cab of Madison
Cooperative as we parade our cabs from Library Mall up State St. Last week
we had a great turnout! Let's do it again!
Please join us at around noon, we'll start marching when the cabs arrive,
around 12:15pm.
Invite your family and friends to march with us as we continue to show our
solidarity and support labor. Join us with your signs, musical instruments,
noisemakers, bullhorns, banners, batons and balloons. Everyone is welcome!
See us on Facebook...Read More
Fri. April 1 9:00 PM
High noon Saloon & Wisconsin Wave presents
"Battle Of Wisconsin: Join The Wave Of Resistance!"
El Valiente
United Sons of Toil
Superstar Fantastico
with Special Guest Speakers:
State Senator Jon Erpenbach
Lindsey Lee - Owner of Ground Zero/Cargo Coffee
...More TBA
9:00PM / $10 cover / 21 and up / The $10 Cover is a Suggested Donation, but all amounts greatly appreciated.
Wisconsin's democratic tradition faces the greatest threat it has ever known. Gov. Walker, operating at the direction of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, is...Read More
When: April 1 - 3, 2011. The event will start on Friday evening @ 7:00 pm
through Sunday (3:00 pm)
Where: Dreyfus University Center at UW-Stevens Point.
For more information, please visit: http://www.unitedcouncil.net/
Friday April 1, 2011, 5 p.m., free
Reception. Cartoon and photo exhibit.
Guest speakers on "The State of the Unions"
Saturday, April 2, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
$25 includes Saturday lunch, Register Now
Labor Temple, 1602 South Park St., Madison
How the Budget Bill Will Impact Family Farms and Rural Communities Come learn about farm-labor history and what an alliance means today!
Sponsored by: F.H. King Student for Sustainable Agriculture with support from Slow Food UW and the TAA.
When: Friday April 1st, 4-6pm
Where: Humanities Building Rm 1651, 455 N. Park St.
Speakers: Featuring John Peck of Family Farm Defenders and Professor Jess Gilbert of Community and Environmental Sociology.
What: Meet and discuss with Jose Humberto Montes de Oca, Secretary of the Interior of the Mexican Electrical Workers Union, and Gilda Chacon Bravo, World Federation of Trade Unions, Americas Regional Office, Cuba
Where: Rainbow Book Coop; 426 Gilman
When: Friday, April 1, 3:00 - 4:30 pm
A delegation of workers affiliated with the Mexican Electrical Workers Union of (SME) headed by Jose Humberto Montes de Oca, Secretary of the Interior of this organization, will participate this next Friday April 1st in the massive protest against the law that annuls the Collective Bargaining of...Read More
Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St., Madison
Thursday, March 31, 2011, 6:30 pm: LABOR HISTORY PLAY AND MURAL DEDICATION, RECEPTION
Featuring AHMED SHAWKI:
Editor of the International Socialist Review, steering committee member of the National Council of Arab-Americans, and eyewitness to the Egyptian Revolution.
The International Socialist Organization is hosting two events:
"Revolution in the 21st Century"
March 30 at 7pm
UW Campus
1101 Humanities
455 N Park St
"A New Global Struggle--From Cairo to Madison"
March 31st at 12:30
MATC Truax
Rm 142A
3550 Anderson St
Wednesday, March 30th, 7pm; Milwaukee Area Labor Council Town Hall Meeting, Serb Hall, 5101 W. Oklahoma Ave. Source, We Are Wisconsin, http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
A Public Forum for Information, Discussion, and Exchange of Ideas
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011, 4:00–5:30pm
Room 22 Ingraham Hall UW-‐Madison Campus
Dennis Dresang, LaFollete Institute
Dean Richard Klemme, UW Extension
Jim Munsch, Wisconsin Farmer
Professor Michael Bell, Community and Environmental Sociology
Professor Katherine Cramer Walsh, Political Science
Moderator: Irwin Goldman, Horticulture
See http://budget.wisc.edu/ for more information about Public Authority
Greet Scott Walker Wednesday at Monona Terrace. He is speaking to the Wisconsin Dental Association at noon. Meet in the plaza next to 1 W. Wilson St with dental-themed signs. Don't know exact schedule, but we'll do our best to be noticed. Quite likely we will not be allowed in, but we will make some noise near the entrance. http://www.wda.org/categories/16-events/subcategories/33-general/documen...
Governor Walker is listed as keynote speaker at Forward Janesville's Annual Dinner being held at the Holiday Inn Express & Convention Center in Janesville. Some of the event's major sponsors are also major Governor Walker contributors. The Forward Janesville link publicizing this event can be found at: http://www.forwardjanesville.com/Events/AnnualDinner/tabid/791/Default.aspx An open invite Facebook event to disseminate information has been formed at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151636944897434 Please feel free to "attend" the event.
Wisconsin Resists, a new coalition formed to stop Scott Walker's agenda, is calling for a rally at Dane County Courthouse at 8:30AM on Tuesday, March 29.
Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi was right to issue a restraining order on the publication of the Budget Repair Bill. As Judge Sumi has written:... "The failure to provide timely notice before a meeting... It's not a minor detail." Scott Walker broke the law in ramming through this bill.
Now we need a strong show of public support to show opposition to Walker's contempt for democracy. Let's keep up the pressure to...Read More
Every Monday. Bring signs, kids, friends,... meet at the high school, march down Main st past Millers Grocery and back.
Public actions/protests/visibilities in protest of the ideological martial law Scott Walker and his legislative allies are continuing to impose Monday, March 28th, 4:30, Reception honoring Senator Alberta Darling with Special Guest Congressman Paul Ryan, University Club, 924 E Wells St. Source: We Are Wisconsin, http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
March and VOTE at the capitol with the Madison teachers! Keep up the presence! Vote early! Meet at 4:45 p.m. March at 5:00 at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and the Capitol for protest picketing --Bring your colleagues, family and friends --Wear red, bring your picket sign. Monday-Thursday we will march to the Madison City Clerk Office to VOTE! (leaving signs outside) The clerk's office is open until 6pm these days. Madison residents, bring a photo ID. Friday, April 1, march only.
Back in the day, corporations could only influence politics with high-paid lobbyists and backroom deals. But now, thanks to the Supreme Court and its Citizens United decision, corporations are "persons" too and have constitutional rights. So shouldn't they be able to take the final step, and run for public office?
Well, that's just what Murray Hill, Inc. decided to do. Please join us this Tuesday in Madison and hear the story of Murray Hill, Inc.'s run for Congress, as told by its campaign manager and designated human representative. All interested humans and corporations are welcome to attend.
Jane Collins (Evjue Bascom Professor of Community & Environmental Sociology and Gender & Women's Studies; Chair of Gender & Women's Studies, UW-Madison)
Lisa Subeck (Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin)
Glenda Jones (Director of Women and Gender Studies Program, UW-Stout)
Laura Dresser (Associate Director of Center on Wisconsin Strategy, UW-Madison)
Join your friends and neighbors THIS SATURDAY at 1:00 p.m. at the NEENAH LABOR HALL, just off Hwy. 41 on Green Bay Road!
"Yah hey, Fitz boyz, we can see Madison from the Fox Valley Labor Hall!"
Make the voices of Northeast Wisconsin heard. We won't stop until the fundamental rights of Wisconsin working people are recognized. See you there!
Cooperatives for Labor March!
When: Saturday, March 26, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
What: Do you work, live, or shop at a cooperative? Join Union Cab of Madison Cooperative as we parade our cabs from Library Mall up State St.
Invite your family and friends to march with us as we continue to show our solidarity and support labor. Join us at 12:30 p.m. at Library Mall with your signs, musical instruments, noisemakers, banners, batons and balloons. Everyone is welcome!
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179712738741998
Saturday, March 26th, 8am; Protest of WI GOP 4th District Caucus, Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 N. Broadway – meet at corner of Broadway and Mason. Source: We Are Wisconsin, http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
Join us in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, in which 146 garment workers died. Dinner (soup, salad, bread) at 6 PM, program (TBA) at 7PM. 5$ suggested donation, everyone welcome, fully accessible venue with kids' playroom. More information and RSVP at our Facebook event page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207808039232016
The Tavern League of WI contributed $13,500 to Walker in three separate contributions. Wisconsin has some of the highest rates of alcohol related problems nationwide which are the result of permissive alcohol norms encouraged by poorly regulated consumer advertising that leads to the corporate beer takeover of our communities. Those who no longer wish to see such "crap on tap" will be visiting the headquarters of the WI Tavern League at 4:30pm at 2817 Fish Hatchery Rd, Fitchburg, WI.
# Friday, March 25th Bayview Massacre Memorial Rally for Workers' Rights, Superior St and Russell Ave, Milwaukee, 4:30pm-6:00pm Source: We Are Wisconsin, http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
Join NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin on Friday, March 25 as we stand with Planned Parenthood and stand up for women's health.
Planned Parenthood and women's health are facing attacks like never before. Women's health is under attack not only in Congress but also at our own state Capitol.
On Friday, the Planned Parenthood pink bus will be making stops in Madison and Milwaukee. Please join us during these "I Stand with Planned Parenthood Rallies:"
From "We Are Wisconsin" - http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi... Public actions/protests/visibilities in protest of the ideological martial law Scott Walker and his legislative allies are continuing to impose. Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast Picket- Representitives Wynn, Knilans, and Loudenbeck to be present. Country Club of Beloit, 2327 Riverside Drive.
From "We Are Wisconsin": http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi... Public actions/protests/visibilities n protest of the ideological martial law Scott Walker and his legislative allies are continuing to impose.
What: Members of AFT-W, AFSCME, SEIU, SEA or any other public employee union and their spouses, friends and significant others are cordially invited to an after work get-together
When: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Thursday March 24, 2011
Where: Pedro's Mexican Restaurant, 3555 East Wash., Madison, WI 53704
Thursday, March 24th, 4-6pm; M&I Bank Protest, 4-6pm, M&I Whitefish Bay Branch, 117 E. Silverspring Ave., Milwaukee Source: We Are Wisconsin, http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
To draw attention to M&I Bank's funding of the Walker governorship, as well as their sordid track record of foreclosing on bankrupt farmers and evicting hapless renters, citizens are urged to join a statewide day of action targeting the rogue bank. Since receiving $1.7 billion in taxpayer bailout money in 2008, M&I has been busy bankrolling Governor Walker's attack on working and poor families, while holding the assets of wealthy elites who pay virtually no taxes. It is time to confront M&I's greed and toxic corporate citizenship by sticking it to them where really it hurts – in their...Read More
Protest outside the Madison Club's WisPolitics Luncheon with Joint Finance Committee co-chairs Rep. Robin Vos and Sen. Alberta Darling--two of the Republicans who voted to strip public workers of their rights. Bring your drums and noise makers! Rep. Vos is a strong supporter of passing a 'right to work' law in Wisconsin as a way to cripple private sector unions. Sen. Darling is one of the Republican senators facing recall. Sponsored by Workers Rights Center, Madison, WI: http://www.wrcmadison.org/
Public actions/protests/visibilities in protest of the ideological martial law Scott Walker and his legislative allies are continuing to impose... Thursday, March 24th, 4:30, Event for County Executive candidate Jeff Stone with special guest: Governor Scott Walker, University Club, 924 E Wells St. Source: We Are Wisconsin, http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
Wednesday March 23, 7:00-9:00 pm 2650 Humanities, 455 Park Street, Madison, WI Chris Hedges is an American journalist, author, and war correspondent, specializing in American and Middle Eastern politics and societies. His most recent book is titled, Death of the Liberal Class (2010) which, will be his lecture topic of choice for the night. "A lucid and disturbing look inside America's fallen liberal institutions, Hedges tells of his own experiences, especially of his role as a journalist for the New York Times." -Nation Books
WMC, Wisconsin's largest business lobby, is among the leading funders and agenda setters for Governor Walker's brutal budget. Recently, WMC found a new chair, Kurt Bauer, President of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, to help lead its assault on Wisconsin. As good Midwesterners, people will visit Mr. Bauer's home at 5:00 pm on Wednesday to congratulate him on his new job. Well wishers are encouraged to dress nicely and bring appropriate gifts that truly express their heartfelt sentiments.
Part of "We Are Wisconsin" public actions/protests/visibilities in protest of the ideological martial law Scott Walker and his legislative allies are continuing to impose. For more info: http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
18th Senate District * Tuesday, March 22 at 5pm. o Rally for Worker's Rights, Omro, Riverside Park (Corner of Main and Adams) Source: We Are Wisconsin: http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
At 4:30 pm on Tuesday, picketers will show up at Menards off Mineral Point RD (430 Commerce Dr) to encourage people to boycott the bigbox retailer. John Menard Jr., the retail kingpin, happens to be Wisconsin's richest person – with a net worth of $5.2 billion in 2010 according to Forbes magazine. Mr. Menard is also a staunch Walker supporter and does double duty as the treasurer for Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC).
Tuesday, March 22nd: Picket and Pack-it Protest Against Scott Walker's Budget Repair Bill, Waukesha County Courthouse, 515 West Moreland Blvd, Waukesha. 6:30pm protest outside, protesters to move inside to County Board Meeting at 7:00pm. Source: We Are Wisconsin, http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
Public actions/protests/visibilities in protest of the ideological martial law Scott Walker and his legislative allies are continuing to impose 19th Senate District * Thursday 3/24/11, Noon-1:30 PM. Town Hall Meeting, Appleton Public Library, 225 N. Oneida Street, Appleton Source: We Are Wisconsin: http://www.wearewisconsin.org/uncategorized/public-actionsprotestsvisibi...
18+ The Type, Crackity Jones, Damidol, The Bin Men and The Gusto. $5. All proceeds will benefit www.wisconsinwave.org.
March at the capitol with the Madison teachers! Keep up the presence. We love solidarity. Meet at 4:45 p.m. March at 5:00 at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and the Capitol for protest picketing --Bring your colleagues, family and friends --Wear red, bring your picket sign Mondays-Fridays until further notice!
Mon is recycling day in Maple Bluff, and in light of Gov. Walker's proposal to eliminate state recycling requirements and state taxpayer support for local recycling programs, citizens are taking advantage of their last chance to dispose of paper, plastic, glass, and metal in a responsible manner with a drop off at the governor's mansion (99 Cambridge Rd. in Maple Bluff) beginning at 7:00 am. Not surprisingly, one of Gov. Walker's major corporate donors, the Koch Brothers, spent $21 billion to acquire Georgia Pacific, the nation's largest paper company, a massive peddler of throwaway products, and global climate change...Read More
Please join this meeting of a broad network of community and labor organizations to: · Solidify a network of community, union, and clergy around a common agenda (Wisconsin Values: Education, Worker/Immigrant/Civil Rights, Economic & Environmental Justice) in which we can coordinate and combine our collective power. · Develop an organizing infrastructure so we are prepared to respond swiftly to these attacks. · Plan concrete and coordinated next steps, both short and long term that not only fight these attacks but put will make our agenda THE agenda going forward. Please RSVP so we can plan the workspace accordingly. Sponsored...Read More
What: Rally & March
When: Saturday, March 19th at 2pm
Where: Library Mall (Intersection of State and Lake)
Why: Come join a popular education rally to expose the harmful effects that the Walker proposed Budget Repair Bill and Budget will have on people of color workers and families in the state of WI. Musical performances, theater, spoken word, and spekaers!
Stand in Solidarity March 19th: Madison, Wisconsin
Iraq Veterans Against the War calls on all veterans and peace organizations to mobilize to Madison, Wisconsin on March 19th, the 8th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, to stand in solidarity with workers organizing for their rights. We will be joined in the streets by the AFL-CIO, union members, and their supporters:
Come meet JoAnne and learn about her candidacy to be the next Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice. We hope to see you there! Sponsored by The Kloppenburg For Justice Committee: http://www.kloppenburgforjustice.com/index.html
Wisconsin Wave is calling for a "day of action" on Monday, March 14th - they are encouraging all communities to take some form of action to call attention to Walker's devastating budget bill... Join us at 5:00p.m. in front of the Verona Area High School where we will gather with teachers, students, family, and friends to walk together in Solidarity down Main Street (on the sidewalk) and back to the High School. Bring signs, and noisemakers, drums, etc. Most importantly bring a friend! Please pass this on to as many people as you are able. ♥
Mount Horeb March down Main Street, Mount Horeb High School Parking Lot
Rally to Save UWM, Save Milwaukee, Save Wisconsin.
Rally in opposition to the Governor's proposed budget and repair bill.
Contact: Joshua Simon, 920-858-6601
If you are an eligible voter in the 28th State Senate District, swing by 116th Street in front of Whitnall High School (nearest cross street is Layton) in order to sign the recall petition for Mary Lazich. Petitions will also be available if you would like to pick one up to circulate amongst your acquaintance. Look for a red Ford Taurus parked on the street. Questions? Contact Elizabeth Galewski at email@example.com.
Runners Against Walker-Solidarity Relay Run to Show Support for the Democratic 14!
Concerned citizens wanting to show support for the 14 Democratic Senators are planning a relay run which begins at the Manitowoc County Courthouse and ends at the Rock Garden Conference Center in Green Bay to coincide with a rally that is being held during the Lincoln/Reagan Republican Dinner. The Governor is attending this dinner, which is scheduled to start at 5:30. The rally starts at 4:30.
When: Sunday March 13, 2011. We are planning a pre-run rally at the Manitowoc County Courthouse at 8:30. Dr....Read More
Tailgate for Wisconsin Workers
Noon - 4:00 p.m.
1061 W. Mason St.
(Brown County Democratic Party headquarters)
Rally/Protest Lincoln Reagan Dinner of the Brown County Republicans
Rock Garden Conference Center, 1951 Bond St., Green Bay
The scheduled speaker is Scott Walker.
Rally begins at 4:30 p.m. on the corner of Bond and Taylor Streets. Bring your family, friends, children.
Superior "People First" Rally - Steps of Old Main on the UWS Campus with Rep. Nick Milroy and Rep. Janet Bewley
On March 13th's statewide day of action, Middleton will do its part to protect its people, schools, libraries, and other public institutions from narrow corporate interests. "We stand united as never before around a common sense of human dignity. Today we exercised our freedoms of speech and assembly to defend the Wisconsin that we love, its people, and its lands and waters. We call on our sisters and brothers to hold the governor and our legislators accountable to the people of this state and to challenge the narrow corporate interests that are hijacking our democracy. We will set Wisconsin's...Read More
Join in protesting the "Budget Despair Bill" and the Republican attacks on middle class workers. Show your support for the FAB 14 and Janesville's own Senator Timothy Cullen! Support the Re-call efforts! Speakers: Sheriff Spoden of Rock County, Roger Anclam, Sen. Judy Robson (retired), Rep. Chuck Benedict (retired), former Speaker of the House Mike Sheridan, JEA, AFSCME, UAW, Vivian Creekmore from the Rock County Democratic Party, & others. Opening statements from Lisa Sheldon.
Speakers will focus on the impact of the proposed budget bills on transit in our community We will also share information on other conservation issues like recycling and the Nelson Knowles Stewardship Fund.
People are joining together to stand against Governor Walker's attacks on the working class and the environment. Attacks on transit, recycling, and more have shown that the administration's priority is to repay wealthy campaign donors at the expense of Wisconsin's future. Join us this Sunday, March 13 across Wisconsin to stand together against the attacks and for families and the environment. Speakers followed by a march through Ladysmith.
We rally to support Senator Julie Lassa and all 14 Democratic State Senators, to support the candidacy of Asst. Atty. General Joanne Kloppenburg and to protest Governor Walkers entire budget proposal as unsound for the future of Wisconsin
Contact: Chaz & Gerry Steltenpohl, 715 341 6159 or ... email@example.com
Join the No Cuts No Concessions Saint Patrick's Day Parade Float!
Join a contingent to follow us with chants about the snake Scott Walker and his corporate backers and about how we can chase those snakes right out of town!
We will line up the float at the 100 block of East Washington Avenue at 1pm in front of the YWCA.
From Eau Claire to Sheboygan, and Neenah to Racine, people are joining together to stand against Governor Walker's attacks on the working class and the environment. Attacks on transit, recycling, and more have shown that the administration's priority is to repay wealthy campaign donors at the expense of Wisconsin's future. Join us this Sunday, March 13 across Wisconsin at noon to stand together against the attacks and for families and the environment. Speakers TBA.
From Eau Claire to Sheboygan, and Neenah to Racine, people are joining together to stand against Governor Walker's attacks on the working class and the environment. Attacks on transit, recycling, and more have shown that the administration's priority is to repay wealthy campaign donors at the expense of Wisconsin's future. Join us this Sunday, March 13 across Wisconsin at noon to stand together against the attacks and for families and the environment. Rep Gordon Hintz will speak. Other speakers TBA.
Join Sierra Club's Al Lawrence at noon at Shattuck Park in Neenah to stand together against the impacts of Governor Walker's policies on workers and our environment. Attacks on transit, recycling, and more have shown that the administration's priority is to repay wealthy campaign donors at the expense of Wisconsin's future. We are voters and taxpayers who are calling on our elected officials-- including Sen. Ellis- to support public employees and the services they provide. We will send a message on April 5 and in future elections. Representatives of labor, faith, conservation, health and other groups will be invited...Read More
Attacks on transit, recycling, and more have shown that the administration's priority is to repay wealthy campaign donors at the expense of working families and the environment. Join us this Sunday, March 13 at noon across Wisconsin to stand together against the attacks and for families and the environment. Attendees will have petitions and information for volunteers who want to help with the recall Sheila Harsdorf, who supported the bill to strip workers' rights. We will also encourage attendees to vote April 5-- help take our state back! Thanks to Caryn Treiber for coordinating this event! Hope to see...Read More
About the On Wisconsin! Day of Action
On Sunday, March 13, 2011, Wisconsinites will take action in scores of communities to show that the Wisconsin protest wave is sweeping our entire state. We are united, from Superior to Richland Center, from Sturgeon Bay to Bay View in Milwaukee. We are farmers, business people, firefighters, the unemployed, students, the disabled, immigrants, teachers, community leaders, seniors, machinists, people of all colors and races, LGBT, youth, state workers, conservationists, members of faith communities, and much more. We are Wisconsin.
We're going to hit Scott Walker where it hurts- his friends' bottom lines.
Sundays, from March 6 until he negotiates, show your support for working families everywhere by BUYING NOTHING! Not gas, not groceries, no presents, no clothing, no eating out or drive-thru- NOTHING.
Sunday is a heavier retail day than weekdays- it's a day of virtue for many people already. Talk to your entire family about why you're making a commitment to not spend any money this Sunday and every Sunday until Scott Walker becomes more reasonable. Think of it as a day of fasting as...Read More
Join with other workers, students, and concerned citizens as we continue to voice our outrage over the so called "Budget Repair Bill." Our protests have lasted for over 3 weeks and we will continue until these attacks on hard working people in Wisconsin cease! Meet at corner of W. Dayton and N. Henry (between Fire Station #1 and US District Court House) and march to King St. entrance of Capitol.
Join us on Tuesday, March 8th, International Womyn's Day, to protest Governor Walker's attack on Wisconsin womyn. Womyn make up the majority of state and municipal workers, teachers and nurses, and will be disproportionately affected by Walker's proposed bill. Walker has put thousands of teachers and public workers on notice for layoffs and his budget would eliminate many jobs performed principally by women. Not only does the bi...ll take away the ability to bargain, it attacks public services for womyn and their families—the Center on Wisconsin Strategy reports that 88.6% of women in Wisconsin are insured because of the progressive...Read More
We are having a county wide rally of all local unions. We will have a few speakers, take a peaceful walk up the bridge to city hall and return to the park.
Calling all Stoughton area township, village, city,public school, county, state, UW-Mad., MATC & UW Hospital STAFF & RETIREES.
Join us for status reports from state legislators, local union leaders, clergy and citizens on the budget repair bill & the biennial budget bill and the impact the proposed changes will have on Wisconsin.
• Invited legislators include Senator Mark Miller and Representative Hebl, in person or speakerphone.
• Invited local union leaders will give updates on Walker's impacts on their union members & public services.
• We'll discuss options for action & make decisions.
The Labor & Working Class Studies Project Presents
* LIsa Graves, Center for Media and Democracy
* Bob McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
* John Nichols, The Nation
* Matt Rothschild, The Progressive
* Molly Stentz, WORT-FM Community Radio
* Norm Stockwell, WORT-FM Community Radio
Under the banner of "No Concessions" and "Kill the Whole Bill," there will be a New Orleans-style funeral march on Thursday. It will start from the UW Library Mall at 5:00 pm, and march up to the Capitol.
Expect a fantastic band such as Mama Digdowns. Each casket will have a placard naming one of the program cuts Walker's bill would enact. We need mourners dressed flamboyantly in funeral gear including veils, hats, umbrellas, etc. Come dressed for a funeral, and ready to dance!
A rally for workers' rights is scheduled for 2PM, March 1 at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Building on more than two weeks of ongoing protest, the rally will include members of unions such as the TAA, WFNP, SEIU, and the AFL-CIO. They will also be joined by students, as well as both political and religious leaders. The rally follows more than two weeks of ongoing protest against the recently-introduced Budget Repair Bill which would cut benefits for state employees and severely restrict collective bargaining in the public sector.
"Tammy Baldwin and Ben Manski have confirmed they'll be speaking. We'll be rallying on top of Bascom Hill. March to the Capitol planned afterwards."
Chancellor Biddy Martin, in collusion with Gov. Scott Walker, recently proposed that UW-Madison be cut off from the UW-System, effectively making it a private institution (though they continue to say in her office that it will somehow still remain public). The proposal will be rolled into and made a part of Gov. Scott Walker's Budget, set to be released on Tues., Mar. 1.
Who is responsible for Scott Walker's attacks on public education, public services, public sector workers, and the right to vote? His corporate backers, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC). Join us the day after Walker announces his proposed 2011-13 budget. Protest the corporate lobbyists!
Wednesday, February 23rd
Picket from Noon to 1:00pm
Rally at 4:30pm
WHERE: Outside the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) conference at the Monona Terrace (intersection of Wilson and MLK Jr. Blvd. in Madison)
5-7 open mic
7-8 panel discussion
8-9 open mic
A gathering to discuss the resistance to Walker and WMC's attacks on Wisconsin workers and students.
9:30 - buses coming from out state
10:00 - Briefing at Masonic Lodge
11:00 - Rally at the Capitol
1:00 - Legislator visits


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Spruce up your bathroom with the Design Element London 78" Modern Double Bathroom Vanity Set. This modern vanity bears a simple yet attractive design that easily blends in with most bathrooms while serving a utilitarian purpose. It is part of the London collection, and is available in multiple finishes allowing you to choose the one best suited for your interiors.
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Very well made Patrick D from Sarasota, FL on 04/21/2013
At first, I was leery about buying a vanity over the internet. I even called the manufacturer to get some more information about the construction of the unit. (They are in Canada.) They assured me that there was no pressboard or MDF in the vanity and that it was all hardwood. They even offered to send me a sample of the wood and finish (for a small fee). It is all solid hardwood that is well finished, like a piece of fine furniture. The doors and drawers all open a close smoothly. The marble top is thick and highly polished with no blemishes, and the sinks, faucets, and mirror (all included) are good quality and were easy to install. With the online coupon, the whole thing cost me less than $2K, which was about a 13 less than any of the local cabinet companies were charging for similar. BTW, Wayfair shipped promptly and the thing was well packed. The delivery guy helped me get it off the truck and waited until I open and inspected it.
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Beautiful product. Nice quality. Sarah from Ohio on 07/01/2015 – Verified Buyer
This freestanding vanity is beautiful and fits perfectly into my renovated bathroom. The drawers and hardware are solidly made. The vanity top and sinks were easy to get installed with a little extra muscle (very heavy). My only complaint is that though I feel like I read the fine print I somehow missed that there are NO FAUCETS included in the set. Drains are included and everything else just no faucets. It just meant I had an extra thing to order but it would have been nice to include a disclaimer for us tired renovators. Pros: Great finishes and solidly built. Cons: Almost a complete set, but not quite...
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LOVE! Carrie from Hoffman Estates, IL on 05/07/2015 – Verified Buyer
We just installed it this week and I'm in love. Great storage and the counter is beautiful. Just note that the drawer under the sink is a fake front, not a flip down. We might retro-fit ours to do that since we can unscrew the face from the back and add the mechanism and cup to storage toothbrushes, etc. Please also note that it really is a black finish, not a dark brown like other reviews stated but we were looking for that color.
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It's really more black than dark brown Ellen from Pittsfield, MA on 12/02/2014 – Verified Buyer
The vanity was good quality but is more of a black than a dark brown so buy it if your ok with black
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Love this vanity Sandra from Burton, OH on 09/18/2014 – Verified Buyer
Beautiful and expensive looking. Lots of compliments. Exactly as pictured. Lots of grain in the marble. Having it professionally installed so I can't comment on the ease of installation.
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